MICROBIO 140P Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Dengue Fever, Sarcoma, Inoculation
29 Mar 2017
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History of aids: summer 1981 kaposi"s sarcoma, epidemiological facts: gay males, previously healthy, no reason to develop diseases. A gay disease : cdc formed a task force kaposi"s sarcoma and opportunistic. The reagan revolution brought into positions of power and influence. Americans whose politics and personal beliefs predisposed them to antipathy toward the homosexual community : c. everett koop, former surgeon general. More cases: haitians, hemophiliacs and other blood transfusion recipients, female sex partners of iv drug users, cdc dropped the name grid and adopted acquired immune. 1984 5,000 cases, first reports of a virus link. 1985 14,000 cases, screen test for blood. 1982 788 confirmed aids cases, 42 (5%) not in known risk groups: sexually active gay men, iv drug abusers, haitians, hemophiliacs. Magic johnson: announced he was hiv positive in 1991, then retired. Returned in 96, then retired for third and final time. Rna gets into host cell, performs reverse transcription to create.
